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Game is fine.
Cash shop is entirely optional and you can farm all the resources for all warframe parts in one day, even less if you know what to do. Yes, prices are kinda high, but the fact that every single item can be acquired without spending real money (yes even skins and Prime warframes and weapons) justifies.
I quit Warframe yesterday evening, I didn't plan to stick long to it but while I was playing I racked up over 1 million credits (see my Steam achievement) and built 2 other warframes inclunding a Mag Prime, queued up about 8 weapons and crafted close 20 items in total, including Forma which allows me to add a polarity slot to improve my warframe or weapon.
I didn't spend a single dime on the game.
You should stop worrying about the cash shop and just play games. You are way overreacting and to me it looks like you are desperately trying to find a way to hate on something instead of just seeing it for yourself.

Warframe has one of the best cash shops in free to play games and the only downside is the high prices. But that is all irrelevant when you don't even need cash shop.
Don't be lazy and just do some simple googling if you are really that freaked out about cash shops.

i dont use cash shops so im not worried i was just surprised at the expense is all

when you equip a new weapon it starts at lvl 0
do i have to go to lower level maps to level up?
or is my warframe level all i have to worry about?

When you hold shift to enter cutting mode you use WASD to pan it left-right-up-down and when you move the mouse in a circle the cutting angle changes , also when you swipe the mouse upwards , downwards or any other angle it cuts the way you move the mouse just like when you swing a sword . Kinda got the feeling like im playing a tablet game when im moving the mouse like that .